I have a couple 24-exp rolls of prints and ~50 24-exp rolls of negatives I'd like to digitize. I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations on:
- a reasonably priced negative scanner (wild stab-in-the-dark budget: $500). I'll probably use our current "good enough" flatbed for the prints
- websites for R&D around best practices - for example, should I scan in RAW (is that even possible?) or TIF, and then manipulate the images later, or should I perform some corrective manipulation at scan-time?
- organizations who may perform these print and negative scan services on my behalf at a reasonable cost (or maybe the answer is simply a quality local camera / print shop)
FWIW, I'm also interested in this issue as well.
I'm interested in what might be the highest quality solution for digitizing prints/negatives,
in the event that Brian's budget is llimiting in some manner.
I have dozens of negatives that I would like to digitize and enlarge out of hundreds of shots I took using a
lowly Olympus P&S camera and Fuji print film (ASA 100 and 400). Most of these shots were miles
from a trailhead, hence the pocket camera.
If scanning prints (Fuji Crystal Laser processing/paper) is as good as or better than negatives, that would be good to know
as well.
Any advice would also be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Clay